The Materials Research Department at Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark, is seeking a PhD student within the field of advanced fibre composites. The PhD position will aim at increasing the fundamental knowledge of wood fibres and their behaviour as reinforcements in composite materials studying e.g. wood fibre structure and mechanical and hygroscopic properties e.g. by micromechanical modelling and advanced testing.

For more details see: http://www.dtu.dk/English/About_DTU/vacancies.aspx?guid=22340178

The programme for the 28th Risø International Symposium on Materials Science has now been finalized (see http://www.risoe.dk/Conferences/symp28/programme.aspx ).

 The Symposium is held at Risø National Laboratory, The Technical University of Denmark, 3-6 September 2007. 

 To sign up for the conference, please register up via the Symposium homepage: http://risoe-forms.risoe.dk/RISMS/RISMS_registration.asp  

The 28th Risø International Symposium on Materials Science addresses the whole range from fundamental understanding to industrial applications. Topics include:

• surface functionalising
• chemical and physical surface characterisation
• mechanical characterisation of interfaces
• micromechanical modelling
• fibre/matrix debonding
• sizings effects on composite processing
• interface aspects and their integration into manufacturing
• fibre bridging in composites
• fracture resistance of composite
• tensile and compressive strength of composite
• macroscale modelling
• hole and notch sensitivity

More information, including invited key-note speakers, see web site here.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Technical University of Denmark and Risø National Laborarory together seek a candidate for a Post Doc position. This position concerns growth of debonds in sandwich structures subjected to cyclic loads. The main research areas where these methods are to be developed include: Fracture mechanics for material interfaces, crack propagation modelling in structural components, material testing of sandwich face/core interface properties and experimental life time prediction of structural components.

For full details see: http://www.mek.dtu.dk/English/About_us/Free_Positions.aspx?guid=20907477

The Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Technical University of Denmark and Risø National Laborarory together seek a candidate for a Post Doc position. This position concerns growth of debonds in sandwich structures subjected to cyclic loads. The main research areas where these methods are to be developed include: Fracture mechanics for material interfaces, crack propagation modelling in structural components, material testing of sandwich face/core interface properties and experimental life time prediction of structural components.  See more details.

The Fuel Cells and Solid State Chemistry Department at Risø National Laboratory, Denmark, is seeking a postdoc to work on the fracture mechanics of solid oxide fuel cells.

The work consists of theoretical analysis, computations as well as experimental work. You will work together with the people making cells and stacks, and with the fracture mechanics group in the Materials Research Department.

See full details at: http://www.risoe.dk/stillinger/Postdoc_ABF_271-06_uk.htm